| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 18, 2006, 16:17 |
On 5/18/06, Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> wrote:> I seem to recall hearing that Japanese "chumi" (my impressionistic > rendering) means 'ink' or the ink-block used in writing with a brush. Is > that correct?'sumi' /sMmi/ "ink, ink stick" (or, with a different character, "charcoal") By the way, "chalk" is "hakuboku" (literally, "white ink(-stick)"). Cheers, -- Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>